Flange



(No Model.)

V. L. WILSON.

FLANGE.V No. 307,156. Patented Oct. '28, 1884.

UNirsn SrArEs PATENT OFFICE9 VIRGIL L. WILSON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FLANGE.

EBPECII'ICATION forming part of Letter's Patent No. 307,156, dated October 28, 1884.

Application filed March 19, 1884. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VIRGIL L. WILSON, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Flanges, of which the following is a description suffieiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to makeand use the same, ,reference being had to the accompauying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of my` improved flange; Fig. 2, a Vertical transverse section taken on the dotted line'x in Fig. 1;

`Fig. 3, an isometrical perspective view representing the flange in use, or as applied to a kettle; and Fig. 4 a perspective view showing it detached.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

My invention relates to means for preventing pots, kettles, and other similar vessels from swiveling or canting to the right or left when they are tipped to pour out their contents; and it consists in a metallic flange or segment constructed as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, and which constitutes a new and Valuable article of manufacture.

It iswell known to those having occasion to use such articles that when a pot, kettle, or other similar vessel having a round body is tipped to pour out its contents it is liable to swivel or cant to the right or left, especially if the bail is jointed, thus rendering the conv tents liable to vbe spilled.

My improvement is designed to obviate this difficulty or obj ection, and to that end I make use of means which will be readily understood by all conversant with Such matters from the following explanation, its extreme Vsimplicity rendering an elaborate description unnecessary.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the flange, and B the lip. The body is curved, and otherwise formed to correspond with the 'curvature and incline of the side of the vessel to which it is to be attached, and is provided with a shoulder or rabbet, m, adapted to fit over the seam or bottom flange, d, of the'k'ettle -or other vessel to which it is applied. The lip B projects horizontally from the body A, preferably at a right angle thereto, and is narrowest at the center or on the dotted line x, and widest at the ends l.

erablyflat and its upper side curved, as shown in Fig. 2.V The bodyAis providedwith holes f for riveting it to the kettle, and is also galvauzed or tinned to enable it to be soldered to the vessel to which it is applied, if desired. The fianges are designed to be manufactured of different sizes and curvatures corresponding with the vessels with which they are to be used. When used with vessels not having the bottom seam or projecting flange, d, or wh'en the flange is disposed above said seam the rabbet or shoulder m may be omitted. The holes f may also be omitted, if desired, when the body is tinned or galvanized, and the tinning or galvanizing omitted when the holes are used. The body A and lip B are preferably cast integral, or composed of one piece of cast metal, but may be made of two or more pieces, if desired. They may also be struck up or formed of heavy Sheet metal in one or more my invention.

In the use of my improvement the flange is applied to the kettle or other vessel, as shown in Fig. 3, being secured by soldering or by rivets passed through the holes f, or by both soldering and riveting, as 'may be found necessary or desirable. w

It will be obvious that the flanges may be kept in stock for use by manufacturers of tin and Sheet metal Ware, and may be readily applied to any ordinary kettle, pan, or other similar vessel of sheet metal already manufactured.

Having thus explained my inventi0n,what I claim is- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a metallic flange having the Curved body A, provded with the projecting lip B, having the straight edge z, said flange being adapted to be attached to a pot, kettle, or other vessel, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a flange substantially such as depieces without departing from the spirit of The front edge, z, p of the lip is straight, its lower side being pref- I scribed, and having the Curved body A and proved fiange herein deseribed, the same conio projecting lip B, the rabbet orshouldermubsisting of the Curved body Al and lip B, cash stantiajlly as and for the purpose specified. i int-egral or formed in one piece, and provided 3. As a new article of nia-nufaeture, a gal- With the shoulder m, holes f, and straight 5 vanized or tinned flange having Jche curved edge z, substantially as specified.

body A, provided with the holes f, shoulder VIRGIL L. VILSON. m, and projecbing' lip B, constructed end ar- Witnesses:

ranged substantially as set fort'h. I O. A. SHAW,

4. As a new article of manufacture, the im- L. J. WHITE. w 

